Lo all Just playing .. followed a tut online and came up with this cool eh lol cheers dolly

Well done Dolly, good work on the lighting. A little "anti-alias" on the center medalion would make it balance more. Any plans to create an interface with it?? A nice vid-screen would fit right in the blank area at the end of the chrome...

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That's really neat looking, and I'll agree that it would make an awesome interface with a little work.

That is very well done and it appears that you're getting the concepts rather well. If this sort of imagery is your fort you may want to visit blueskyheart.com, it features a lot of work very similar to this and may be a good source of inspiration for future projects. The one thing I see which I always try to advise against is the use of the Lens Flare. It produces a cool effect, granted, but it's limited to only three settings that are extremely easily recognized and after a while, become quite pass (Mind you, Knoll Lens Flare Pro is a different story...virtually infinite settings with that one). You might think about checking out some of the other brushes that ship with Photoshop, there are quite a few burst shapes, which are even more 'tweakable' in PS7 if that's what you're using. I'll be posting my tutorial relatively soon about how to achieve custom lens flares without using any filters. You may be interested in checking it out. Otherwise, stick to it...you definitely are getting the program.